Drain-board bracket.



c. IiR'APA-LIK. DRAIN BOARD BRACKET. APPLICATION FllED SEPT-27', l9l6.

Patented Apr. 9,1918.

CHARLES DRAPALIK, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

DRAIN -BOARD BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed September 27, 1916. Serial No. 122,501.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES DRAPALIK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Drain-Board Brackets, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for re:

the securing means being such as to permit 7 of the adjustment of theouter end of the board to any desired angle.

\Vith the above objects in view the invention consists of a drain boardprovided at one of its edges with a screw clamp, a pair of bars havingopposed'serrated faces, one of said bars being secured to a lug formedon the lower edge of the sink and being provided with apertures, theother bar being secured to a lug on the underside of the board and beingprovided with an elongated slot, to receive a fastening means carried bythe first mentioned bar.

In the drawings;

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a sink of the roll type having theinvention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the bars; and

Fig. i is a similar view of the other bar.

In the application of the invention there is provided upon the undersideof the sink 1 lugs 2. These lugs are preferably four in number therebeing two of said lugs located upon the opposite edges of the sink. Thedrain board shown at 3 may be of the usual construction, and is providedupon one of its edges with an undercut portion 4 adapted to conform tothe roll edge of the sink.

A suitable fastening means consisting of .a screw clamp 5 is carried bythe board 3 and is adapted to engage the underside of copies of thispatent my be obtained for fastened to the wall.

the roll of the sink when in position. It is of course obvious that oneor more of these clamps may be employed as desired.

Located near the opposite end of the board are a pair of lugs 6, havingpivoted thereto one bar of a brace 8. This brace is provided with aserrated face 9 for engagement with the serrations 10 formed on the bar11. The last named bar is pivoted to one of the lugs 2 previouslymentioned. Apertures 13 are provided in the bar 11 and are adapted tocarry a fastening means lt, which may consist of a bolt or screw. Thefastening means 14 is adapted to be passed through a slot 15 formed inthe bracket 7 so as to provide means for extending said bracket tocontrol the angle at which theboard 3 may be set.

By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that there arepreferably employed two of the braces 8, in order toinsure a more stablesupport for the board.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the invention provides anefiicient means for adjustably securing a drain board to either end ofthe sink, and doing away with the necessity of supporting the sink bybrackets This last mentioned means has been found unsatisfactory owingto the crumbling away of the plastering and the consequent weakening ofthe supporting brackets.

Having described the invention, what I desire to claim and secure byLetters Patent, is;

The combination with a drain board having adjust-able supporting bracespivotally secured to one end thereof for engagement with the sink, of aclamp carried by the opposite end of said board, said clamp including astationary member formed by providing a concave seat in the end of theboard, an adjusting screw located adjacent one edge of said seat, an armloosely mounted upon said screw and cotiperating with said seat, wherebythis end of the board may be adjustably secured to the sink and a nutmounted upon the screw for holding the arm in its adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES DRAPALIK.

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